On extreme perception bias

• Main Authors: Molina, Imelda Revilla, Aguilar, Emerico H., Puzon, Klarizze Martin
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Public opinion; Judgment (Logic); Quantile regression; Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/9101
• Institution: De La Salle University

This preliminary note investigates perception bias: To what extent do individual opinions confound reality? We estimate the relative gap between self-declared estimates and real data. We asked a sample of Philippine respondents about the incidence of diabetes and smartphone usage in their country. W...